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Issue: World's Finest Comics #41
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #41 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/25/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#161, 170, 179, 188, 223-228, 230)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Discovery of Supermanium!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Hamilton ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Supermanium (intro); Super-Saved Club; James H. Thorben
Synopsis: A unscrupulous promoter gets Superman to discover a new element and then tries to corner the market.
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Pages: 12
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Variety
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Pages: 1
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Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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Collector of Humans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; The Snare (intro)
Synopsis: A fanatic collector tries to add humans to his collection.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Not in Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of his DC credits.
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Focusing on the Firebug

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
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Bandits Bombed by Bottles!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 1
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See America Foist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Doc and Fatty
Character(s): Columbus
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: Look at this swell house!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Voyage of the Merry X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
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Pages: 12
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Post's Cereals
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Escaped Bear...And a Bare Escape!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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The Dog Who Could Work Miracles!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
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Pages: 6
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Devils with Baggy Pants

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Banker (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 2
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The Man with the Fatal Hands!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Charles Albrek; Edgar Albrek; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Batman and Robin investigate a man who after losing his hands has them replaced from a dying donor, but now those new hands have a life of their own, including trying to kill.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bazooka
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Lost in the Woods

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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3 Smash Adventures

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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